News Round Up (Sep 10)

Cost evaluation of HPV vaccine: "routine vaccination of 12-year-old girls, in addition to routine
cervical screening, costs $43,600 per quality-adjusted life year (QALY)
gained, above the cost of screening alone. For girls aged 13 to 18
years, the cost was $97,300 per QALY. Extending vaccination to women
aged 21 cost $120,400 per QALY, and up to 26 years of age, the cost was
$152,700 per QALY."

Slate article about how the anti-choicers took over the Republican party. Sarah Palin is particularly anti-choice, what with being a member of Feminists for Life. Meanwhile the Dems are moving to what Slate is calling "pro-choices" meaning that there's support for whatever decision a woman makes - from raising a baby, to giving it up for adoption to abortion.

Pakistan investigates honor killings of women. What's news is not the honor killings, which are widespread and happen in America, but the investigation.

Preconception care, again. I got in a big argument with some folks yesterday about women being more than their wombs. I hate preconception care - it's so condescending.

A drug company is filing for approval of a drug to prevent preterm births.

The Mexican Supreme Court upheld the abortion law. "To affirm that there is an absolute constitutional protection of life
in gestation would lead to the violation of the fundamental rights of
women," said Justice Sergio Valls.

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Cost evaluation of HPV vaccine: "routine vaccination of 12-year-old girls, in addition to routine
cervical screening, costs $43,600 per quality-adjusted life year (QALY)
gained, above the cost of screening alone. For girls aged 13 to 18
years, the cost was $97,300 per QALY. Extending vaccination to women
aged 21 cost $120,400 per QALY, and up to 26 years of age, the cost was
$152,700 per QALY."

Slate article about how the anti-choicers took over the Republican party. Sarah Palin is particularly anti-choice, what with being a member of Feminists for Life. Meanwhile the Dems are moving to what Slate is calling "pro-choices" meaning that there's support for whatever decision a woman makes - from raising a baby, to giving it up for adoption to abortion.

Pakistan investigates honor killings of women. What's news is not the honor killings, which are widespread and happen in America, but the investigation.

Preconception care, again. I got in a big argument with some folks yesterday about women being more than their wombs. I hate preconception care - it's so condescending.

A drug company is filing for approval of a drug to prevent preterm births.

The Mexican Supreme Court upheld the abortion law. "To affirm that there is an absolute constitutional protection of life
in gestation would lead to the violation of the fundamental rights of
women," said Justice Sergio Valls.